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No- 826,292. PATENTED JULY 17, 1906.

E. TRUXALL.

BOX. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 26. 1905.

WITNESSES INVENTOR g Z I, I l

ATTORNEYS EPHRAIM TRUXALL, OF PITTSBU RG, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. July 17, 1906.

Application filed January 26, 1905. Serial No. 242,723."

To all 1071 0711, it may concern: I

Be it known that I, EPHRAIM TRUXALL, a

-citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBoxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had.therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in boxesfor bottles and the like receptacles; and the invention has for itsobject to provide a novel form of metallic box which will beparticularly adapted for beer or beverage bottles.

The invention aims to provide a box wherein certain novel features ofconstruction are employed that provide a substantial box which will beextremely simple in construction, strong and durable, and comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture. The box as constructed by me is preferablymade of sheet metal, pressed and bent to conform to a retangular box;but in no wise do I care to confine myself to this particular form, asthe invention is susceptible to structural changes, which will behereinafter described.

The essential features of my invention are embodied in the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved box. Fig. 2 is alon itudinal sectionalView taken on the line 2 2 0 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalview taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary horizontalsectional view of my improved box, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional viewof my improved box.

Throughout the several views of the drawings accompanying thisapplication like numerals of reference designate corresponding- I parts,and the reference-numeral 1 designates a sheet of metal which is shearedor pressed and bent to form a box having a bottom 2, sides 3 3, and ends4 4. The sides and ends are secured together by suitable lapped orinterlocked scams 5, and the top edges of the sides and ends areprovided with a Wirestrengthening edge 6.

The box is formed with sides and ends that slightly taper, as clearlyillustrated. in Figs.

1 to 3, inclusive, and the object of these ta-' pered sides will bepresently described.

The bottom and ends of the box are strengthened, braced, and protectedby strips of metal 7, 7, and 8, these strips being arrangedlongitudinally upon the bottom of the box, and the strip 8 is preferablyarranged centrally of the box and has its ends bent upwardly upon theends 4 4 of the box, as indicated at 9. A suitable fastening means,

such as rivets 10, are employed for securing the strip 8 upon the box.The strips of metal 7 are arranged upon the bottom edges of the box, andthe ends of these strips are bent upwardly, as indicated at 11, and arebent to form outwardly-extending brackets or lugs 12, the extreme endsof said strips being secured to the ends 4 4 of the box by rivets 14.The brackets or lugs 12 12 upon each end of the box form supportingmeans whereby one box can be packed upon the top of another, and theyalso protect the ends of the box from objects that may be moved orjammed into the ends of the box.

Centrally of the box is mounted a partition or wall 15, which is formedby bending a sheet of metal upon itself, providing a hollow wall orpartition. In forming the wall or partition 15 the edges of the sheet ofmetal are sheared, whereby lugs 16 16 are formed upon the vertical edgesof the partition, and the sides 3 3 of thebox are provided with openings17, through which the lugs 16 16 project, and are then bent outwardly orclenched, as indicated at 18 18, to prevent the wall or partition 15frombecoming detached from the box and also to add rigidity and strengthto the partition. I

In the present illustration-I have shown a box adapted to contain aplurality of bottles, and to protect each bottle and provide a se arateberth or compartment for each bott e I have employed transverse andlongitudinally-arranged partitions, and these artitions are formedsimilar to the centra wall or partition 15, with the exception that thedepth of the partitions is just sufiicient to maintain the bottles in avertical position and separate one from the other. 1

The reference-numerals 19 19 designate the longitudinal partitions,which are mounted a short distance above the bottom 2 of the box, andthe ends 4 4 of said box are provided with openings 20, in which theends of the partitions 19 are mounted and secured therein by clenchingthe ends of the partitions, as indicated at 21, similar to the manner ofsecuring the ed es of the wall or partition 15 within the si es 3 3 ofthe box. The top edges of the longitudinal partitions 19 are cut away,forming a plurality of recesses 21,

which are adapted to support the transverse partitions .22. Thesepartitions are formed similar to the longitudinal partitions and havetheir lower edges cut away, as indicated at 23, to receive thelongitudinal paras indicated at 27, this roll formin a rounded edge,whereby the central partition or wall 15 or the ends 4 of the box can beconveniently grip ed. These hand-grips 25 are preferably ormed near thetop e ges of the ends 4 of the box and the central partition or wall 15,whereby the box can be conveniently carried by grip ing the ends of thebox with both hands or by carrying the box with one hand by thehand-grip formed in the central wall or partition 15. The hand-gri ofthe central wall or partition 15 is preferably used when the boxcontains em ty bottles, which naturally reduces the weig t of the boxsufficiently that it can be carried with one hand.

By observing Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be noticed that I haveformed the central wall or artition 15 of a less depth than the side was and ends of the box, and this artition 15 is so constructed to accommoate a lid or cover 28, that can be conveniently employed in connectionwith my improved box. This lid or cover is formed of a sheet of metal,and the one longitudinal edge is bent to form a spring gripping edge 29to engage the side 3, while the other edge is hinged, as at 29. Thisconstruction provides a concave lid or cover that exposes the upperedges of the ends 4 4 of the box, and this particular form of lid orcover is employed, whereby a plurality of boxes can be nested or piledone upon the other. The tapering sides of the box permits of thebrackets or lugs 12 of one box engaging the top edges of the ends of thenext succeeding box, and the concavity of the lid or cover 28 is adaptedto receive that ortion of the bottom of the box remainin be ow the lugsor brackets 12.

The re erence-numerals 30 30 designate a plurality of apertures whichare formed in the bottom 2 of the box, these apertures being arrangedbetween the metallic strips 7, 7,

, and 8, and they are employed to drain the box of any liquid that mayaccumulate or become spilled within the metallic box.

From the foregoin description, taken in connection with the rawings, itwill be observed that I have provided a novel form of metallic box whichis particularly adapted as a box for bottles, and the construction whichI have employed in connection with the box enables me to manufacture thesame at a comparatively small cost, and this construcis obvious that thesame may be made of various sizes and provided with a lurality ofpartitions, whereby it could ho d a larger number of bottles, and it ofcourse will be understood that my improved box can be made of anydesired shape.

It will be noted by referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings that the ends ofthe partitions 19 and 21 protrude through the side and end walls of thebox and form projections or lugs when they are clenched, these lugs orprojections assisting in protecting the side and end walls of the boxfrom indentations or any injury which the box is liable to receive. Thisis also true of the edges of the central wall or partition, and,together with the. metallic strips arranged to embrace the bottom of thebox, a rigid construction is provided which will add to the generalmerits of my improved metallic box.

By providing a plurality of metalliclined compartments the partitions ofwhich are formed of two-ply metal I have provided means for separatingthe bottles which my improved box may contain, and these metallicartitions will withstand the placing and replacing of bottles within thecompartments githlout becoming worn or damaged by said ott es.

the drawings that I have provided the lid with a plurality of openings,these openingsserving to thoroughly ventilate the box and reduce theweight of the box in its entirety.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit and sage of theinvention.

aving fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A metallic box, comprising a bottom, side walls, and end walls madefrom a single piece of material, a dividing-partition of less heightthan the side and end walls and having lugs projecting through the sidewalls and clenched therewith, and intersecting transverse andlongitudinally-extending bottleseparating partitions havin their endsprojecting through the end wal s and side walls, respectively, andclenched therewith, substantially as described.

2. A metallic box havin tapering sides and ends, hand-grips carrie bythe ends of said box, brackets carried by the ends of said box,apartition arranged within said box, a

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plurality of partitions mounted within said box and supported by theends, sides and first-named partition, a lid having spring edges adaptedto be secured upon said box, substantially as described.

3. A metallic box, comprising sides and ends and a bottom made from asingle piece of material, the sides and ends extending at substantiallyright angles to the bottom, and the edges of said ends being secured tothe ends of the sides by overlapped seams and a top having a depressedbody portion hinged along its rear edge to one of the sides, and havingon its other edge a spring grippingflange to engage with the o positeside.

4. The combination wit a metallic box having tapering sides, the bottomof said box having a plurality of apertures formed therein, of bracketscarried by the ends of said box adjacent to the bottom thereof, aplurality of compartments formed within said box, a lid, the edges ofsaid lid being bent upwardly and formed to engage the sides of said box,substantially as described.

' 5. A metallic box having tapering sides and ends and an aperturedbottom, metallic strips carried by the ends of said box and embracingthe bottom of said box, brackets carried by the ends of said strips, ametallic partition arranged transversely within said box, a plurality ofcom artments formed within sald box, the ends 0 said box and saidmetallic partition having hand-grips formed therein, and a lid adaptedto fit upon saidbox,substantially as described.

6. A metallic box, embodying tapering side walls and end walls, and abottom, a central transverse dividing-partition rigidly secured at itsends to the side walls, intersecting transverse andlongitudinally-extending bottle-separating partitions, secured at theirends to the side walls and end walls respectively, thelongitudinally-extending partitions passing through the centraldividingpartition, substantially as described.

7. A metallic box having tapering sides, metallic strips arranged uponthe bottom of said box, brackets carried by said strips, a metallic Wallor partition arranged within said box, a plurality of metallic-linedconipartments formed intermediate of said wall and the ends of said box,said partition or wall and said ends having hand-grips formed therein, ametallic lid, means to secure said lid upon said box, and means tosupport said compartments within said box, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

EPHRAIM TRUXALL.

Witnesses:

K. H. BUTLER, E. E. POTTER.

